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SUBMITTER: Cawthorn DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7278756 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cawthorn Donna-Mareè DM Fitzhenry Leon Brett LB Kotrba Radim R Bureš Daniel D Hoffman Louwrens C LC
Foods (Basel, Switzerland) 20200507 5
Although fallow deer are abundant in South Africa, these cervids remain undervalued as a domestic protein source and little information exists on their meat quality. This study aimed to evaluate the proximate and mineral compositions of the meat from wild fallow deer (<i>n</i> = 6 male, n = 6 female) harvested in South Africa, as affected by sex and muscle. Proximate analyses were conducted on six muscles (<i>longissimus thoracis et lumborum</i> [LTL], <i>biceps femoris</i> [BF], <i>semimembrano ...[more]